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No More Holiday
That's it... another walkover for the presidency. No more holiday. If we ignore the fact that 27th Aug falls on a Saturday anyway, that is.
Andrew Kuan and two other candidacy hopefuls failed to clear the PEC hurdle. The latter two remained mostly out of the spotlight for the past few days, while Kuan received lots of bad press.
JTC and Hyflux probably provided the most damaging salvos to Kuan's credibility, with JTC asserting that Kuan's work performance was not up to standard and Hyflux all but claiming outright that Kuan sought work at their firm to boost his credentials for the presidency race. Even before these two salvos, there were murmurs of Kuan being ambitious and high-handed. People he'd work with, as well members of his condominium council did not exactly rush to give him ringing endorsements. (Or if they did, the media did a fantastic job downplaying them while highlighting the negative.) JTC's press conference in particular, was the most damaging. By claiming that Kuan's performance as CFO was substandard and not elaborating on the whys and wherefores, they've managed to fuel even more speculation and negative sentiments than if they'd come straight out to say exactly how and why they were dissatisfied.
However, while Kuan's delay tactics at JTC is instantly suspicious, I also wonder why JTC allowed him to stay on as CFO time and again. Surely even an employee with heart will be hard-pressed to keep an under-performing employee for three years, much less a CFO. The fact that all employees are eligible for performance bonus (JTC says that performance bonuses come in 5 categories. Kuan received the second lowest category of bonus.) despite their poor performance also boggles the mind.
Kuan, in an article on today's Straits Times, claimed that the Government was out to "discourage" (euphemism for impede?) him. Considering he's not endorsed by PAP, there could be a germ of truth in that. Makes me wonder what obstacles the late Ong Teng Cheong would have faced had he decided to run a second term.
Anyhow, heartfelt congratulations must still go out to President Nathan. You da man!
Filed under: Singapore, News, Politics
Andrew Kuan and two other candidacy hopefuls failed to clear the PEC hurdle. The latter two remained mostly out of the spotlight for the past few days, while Kuan received lots of bad press.
JTC and Hyflux probably provided the most damaging salvos to Kuan's credibility, with JTC asserting that Kuan's work performance was not up to standard and Hyflux all but claiming outright that Kuan sought work at their firm to boost his credentials for the presidency race. Even before these two salvos, there were murmurs of Kuan being ambitious and high-handed. People he'd work with, as well members of his condominium council did not exactly rush to give him ringing endorsements. (Or if they did, the media did a fantastic job downplaying them while highlighting the negative.) JTC's press conference in particular, was the most damaging. By claiming that Kuan's performance as CFO was substandard and not elaborating on the whys and wherefores, they've managed to fuel even more speculation and negative sentiments than if they'd come straight out to say exactly how and why they were dissatisfied.
However, while Kuan's delay tactics at JTC is instantly suspicious, I also wonder why JTC allowed him to stay on as CFO time and again. Surely even an employee with heart will be hard-pressed to keep an under-performing employee for three years, much less a CFO. The fact that all employees are eligible for performance bonus (JTC says that performance bonuses come in 5 categories. Kuan received the second lowest category of bonus.) despite their poor performance also boggles the mind.
Kuan, in an article on today's Straits Times, claimed that the Government was out to "discourage" (euphemism for impede?) him. Considering he's not endorsed by PAP, there could be a germ of truth in that. Makes me wonder what obstacles the late Ong Teng Cheong would have faced had he decided to run a second term.
Anyhow, heartfelt congratulations must still go out to President Nathan. You da man!
Filed under: Singapore, News, Politics
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taking LSM1301? =D i was sitting behind you during lecture!
Hopefully you enjoyed it more than I did :)
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